Magnolia+c+Barriers


 * BARRIERS DISCUSSION**


 * Please list the results of your facilitated discussion on barriers and restraints to managing change and shift in schools.**
 * What is preventing them from being successful at implementing change?**

One of the barriers teachers would know that its necessary to happen but they might need to put more effort into what they have been doing for 20 years

Most of the schools are in corrective action and they have a very scripted curriculum

Turnover of teachers in Charter Schools, five teachers have left the school since September. Starting over again and again and again with a new batch.

Teachers have lack of accessibility to laptop carts

Accessibility and accountability, the PSSA test, barley making APY. Lack of proper coaching 1 period out of 9. Can not afford a full time coach.

Community perception. Parents don’t have a good understanding of the method of grading. Parents run things, if they are not on board it won’t happen.

Top of the system is not supporting where its money is going. Example PSSA why would they spend the money on something exactly opposite such as CFF. The state is has never said that to get your scores up is project based learning.

Teachers have been very positive in the district in the electives not in the core. The social studies department is using project based. English is the most difficult. Teacher overload due to the system. Teachers see is but then question what is coming next. Example a new governor, the unknown.

Back to PSSAs the system says you must cover this content at this point in time. The timeline does not allow PBL.

Time factor to work with the students. Math teachers are really feeling the pressure from the testing.

Teachers are very open to PBL concept the biggest barrier is the accessibility to the laptop carts. Teachers get ideas at the very last minute and than the carts are already signed out. Teachers need to learn how to plan for PBL.

Understand what PBL is and have never seen a lesson executed, or what tools to use. How can you PBL to teach multiplication tables? You need background before you get to some concepts.

We have one laptop cart per two classroom and all teachers have interactive boards. District is looking to go 1:1 the semi solution is having a guest network to have student bring in there own technology. Teachers like PBL, they utilize after the PSSA has been administrated.

Busiest after PSSA. The barrier is very very small and each teacher is in there own little world. Highly accountability for everything, and I am the only one that teachers social studies to 11th and 12th grade. Huge responsibility to align with standards and tweaking the project. The risk taking factors.

A lot of former administrators are asking why are you using technology it does add to anything.

Based in el. Ed. And having the time to create the project and time to see it through.

Combination in everything that was said. The older teachers don’t want to change and the mid year teachers are the ones that are embracing the technology. The newer teachers want to stick to a book. Some teachers want to use it and others teachers don’t even though they are suppose to be teaching the same way.

How do I say non-change. Science teachers this is great and PBL says this is great, but what are the students going to see when they go to college. They are going to be lectured and in shock if we change.

Very small district and has a 1:1. Teachers must be made to do something, principal is pushing technology and the teachers won’t let the kids use them in class. Core subjects don’t want to integrate English and math.


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